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February 22, 2016
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“I like it; I’m excited for it.”
Teagan O’Shaughnessy First-year geography
“I like the fact that they’re doing the book. It’s cool.”
$32,943.62. Sounds like a lot of money, right? I haven’t even finished my second year at SFU, and that’s how much I’ve been charged in tuition fees as an international student. That’s how much it costs for a whopping total of 48 credits. And this amount is just for my tuition fees. I haven’t even added in the cost of the U-Pass, health insurance, and other student fees. Each time I think about how much the international tuition fees go up at SFU, I try my best to suppress my anger, but, of course, it leaks out from time to time. And each time it does, I tell myself that I should’ve gone to McGill. My IB credits would’ve still transferred over and my tuition would’ve been lower. Then I instantly feel guilty, because if I had gone to McGill, I never would’ve met the love of my life, I never would’ve met any of the amazing people I have the good fortune to call
friends, and I never would’ve become the Photo Editor of this very paper you hold in your hands. Still, my mind wanders from time to time: what if I had known about SFU’s consecutive threeyear 10 percent tuition increases? Would I have still have come to SFU? What kind of person would I be if I had gone to McGill? Would I have continued to pursue my childhood dream of becoming a doctor? Would I have stayed together with my high school sweetheart? Would I still even be a photographer? These questions have plagued me endlessly for the last month, and I wish I could give myself a clear cut answer, but I can’t. I can’t say for sure what could’ve been.
I contemplated this issue for the entire month of January, holding my heavy heart with regret, shame, guilt, and anger. I was so unsure of myself for the longest time. I lost sight of who I was because I was terrified of who I could’ve been with a simple step in the opposite
direction — to the east coast rather than west — when choosing my university. The revelation came slowly and quietly. It came in the form of ordinary, but profound moments. It came in the form of late night production days with the whole staff still in the office, joking and laughing. It came in the form of enthusiastic debates with my favourite professor, in the form of my partner’s arm around my shoulder as we walked around campus, in the feeling of a camera in one hand and a recorder in the other. The revelation came slowly, but eventually I admitted that while lower tuition would be nice, I wouldn’t trade these moments for anything. Will I ever stop wondering what could’ve been? No. I don’t think so. It’s still jarring to think how my life could’ve turned out so differently with only one simple choice. I don’t think I’ll ever get over that. But at least I’ve stopped regretting it. The choice was mine to make, and there wasn’t necessarily a better or worse choice, just a different one. I’m happy with the life I’ve made for myself and I’ve realized that instead of thinking about what could have been, I should be appreciating what I already have.
Brendan Mund First-year business
“I’m excited because it was a fun thing in the childhood to go to midnight releases dressed up with a bunch of people and then read a book.”
Sam Gorick Second-year communication
“There’s an eighth Harry Potter book coming out? I’m not 100 percent sure how I feel about that one.”
Megan Poland Third-year archaeology
“Don’t beat a dead horse. We all love it, we all have it as a childhood memory and we don’t want to [continue] to read it in our adulthood.”
Emily Super Third-year business
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NEWS
A recent report released by SFU researchers has found that 57 percent of parents with children enrolled in BC’s only Aboriginal Focus School (AFS) would enroll another child in the program. The findings came after the school, located at Sir William MacDonald Elementary in Vancouver, faced controversy and was nearly closed by the Vancouver School Board (VSB) last fall. SFU psychology professor Michael Schmitt and graduate student Scott Neufeld teamed up with the alumni and the first principal of AFS, Vonnie Hutchingson, to collect interviews with 71 parents, teachers, and staff to make recommendations to the community and the school board.
Fourteen parents of the 50 children enrolled in the school were interviewed. Of that number, eight said they would definitely send another child to the school, while another three reported they would consider it. “The parents that we talked to were pretty happy,” explained Schmitt. “It’s helpful to know when you’re considering all the pros and cons of the focus school that at least parents are seeing real benefits for their [children].” Those who participated in the study also said that they appreciated the diversity in the school and wanted to see even more Aboriginal content in the curriculum.
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Forty of the students currently enrolled in the ASF’s kindergarten to grade five program identify as Aboriginal, while another 10 come from a variety of non-Aboriginal backgrounds. The report confirmed that since the school opened four years ago, there has been a common misconception that the program is meant only for Aboriginal students. This makes it clear, says Neufeld, that there’s more the school board needs to do to promote the school for nonAboriginal children. Of interviewed Aboriginal parents whose children did not attend Macdonald Elementary, 28 percent responded that they “definitely would not” send their Aboriginal child to the focus school. Only one parent said they “definitely would.” Three non-Aboriginal parents from the surrounding area were in favour of enrolling their children in an AFS.
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Through one-on-one interviews and focus groups, the report’s authors determined that much of parent’s hesitation could be attributed to misinformation. Other reasons expressed were a lack of confidence in the school board and classroom academics, and, additionally, many Aboriginal parents said it “reminded them of residential schools.” “There’s good reason for people to be skeptical of a focus school that’s run by [the]Vancouver School Board,” explained Schmitt. “Given some past experiences with Aboriginal education and residential schools that have been extremely negative [. . .] it’s really critical [that] the VSB builds a relationship of trust with members of the Aboriginal community here.” Hutchingson, who has been an educator for 30 years and is a member of the Haida and Tsimshian First Nations, said that none of the results of the report surprised her. There have been concerns raised for years regarding Aboriginal education and Indigenous academic content.
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Hutchingson, Schmitt, and Neufeld are calling on the VSB to consult with the community and take another look at having the school move forward. “The model that would make sense to me,” explained Hutchinson, “would be to have Aboriginal content throughout every school in this school district and maybe have one that specialized in it.”
This critique of the school board’s approach is echoed by a vocal critic of the project, Scott Clark — executive director of the Aboriginal Life in Vancouver Enhancement Society. He says that even with the new findings, he is still opposed to the school. “We’ve always maintained the position that we need to
start educating everybody,” he said. “The premise of taking such a small number of students and putting them away in a little school doesn’t begin to address any of the systemic issues.” He maintains that the focus school still segregates Aboriginal youth and attests to the VSB’s unwillingness to incorporate Indigenous topics into their larger educational framework. Neufeld, however, is optimistic that the report can change the future of the school for the better. “I think the report speaks to this — part of the trick is figuring out how to not make it a segregated program,” he explained. The researchers say that the report — and the VSB’s renewed five-year commitment to the school’s operation following an outcry over its potential closure last October — might give the school a chance to meet its full potential.
NEWS
One student’s concern with how he is, and is not, able to use his Simon Fraser University recreation pass has him taking his concerns to the SFSS Board of Directors. Madhev Menon, a business student at SFU, frequently has semesters where all of his classes are at the Burnaby campus, as that is where the classes for his program are held. Menon lives in White Rock, and while he has no problem commuting to the mountain for classes, he wants to be able to use the SFU rec facility at Surrey campus. It is closer to him and makes going to the gym much easier. When he asked to switch over his membership from Burnaby to Surrey, he was denied, leading to his eventual complaint with the SFSS. He hopes some change can come from this situation. “Imagine the struggles for many kids who have to take classes out in Burnaby, because that’s where most of our classes are,” said Menon. “I’ve learned it’s around $70 a semester for the pass, and I don’t even get access to it and we are a commuter school [. . .] I’m pretty sure a large population of SFU doesn’t live on campus and commutes to different campuses.” “We should have access to all the facilities they provide to us,” said Menon. The full SFU Recreation Athletics fee for 2016 is $72.49 per semester for undergraduate students enrolled in four or more units. According to SFU’s website, the pass allows students different facilities depending on which recreation pass students hold: Burnaby, Surrey, or Vancouver. Menon ended up buying a pass to for the Surrey campus, on top of the Burnaby pass that he had already paid for.
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This was back in the summer semester, and for this semester, he has the majority of his classes in Surrey, so he is currently able to get a pass close to home, and uses it about four or five times a week. He is worried that he’ll have to go through this procedure again, as early as the next summer semester. The Peak reached out to SFU Recreation Services for comment. Theresa Hanson, Senior Director of Athletics and Recreation responded in an email that “[Rec is] not in business to compete with private fitness clubs or municipal recreation services. “Our goal is to provide students with access to services while they are studying so they can lead a healthy lifestyle.” She continued, “Our mandate is to provide students with affordable access to recreational services where they study rather than where they live. She did acknowledge that “students taking courses at more than one campus have the option to choose which campus recreational services they would prefer to use,” although this would not apply to students like Menon who get stuck taking all their classes at a single campus. Hanson continued, “providing universal access for every student at every campus is not feasible without significantly increasing the supplemental student services and recreation-athletics fee and we believe the majority of students would not support this.” The Peak asked by email “what would be required to open up all rec facilities to all SFU students?” to which Hanson responded “Our mandate is to offer recreation opportunities to students based on where they attend classes. We are pleased to provide affordable opportunities to best fit with the needs of our diverse student population within our multi-campus university.” Menon, however, argues that all rec services should be open to every student. “The school is kids who mainly commute, so we should have access to all facilities [. . .] based on where we live,” he said. “If most lived on campus, then that would make more sense to segregate this, but if we’re all coming from different areas then we should have access.”
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U of Alberta institutes gender neutral application forms UVic prof creates app for children with autism [VICTORIA] – “Let’s Face It! Scrapbook” is one of the Apple app store’s latest additions. Developed by UVic psychology professor Jim Tanaka, the app targets children with autism and aids them in learning how to recognize and distinguish faces. The user uploads photos and then a game is created using them. Tanaka states that it is ideal for anybody who has trouble remembering faces — Tanaka himself has personally used the app to help him learn his students’ names.
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[EDMONTON] – While Alberta public schools are currently grappling with controversial new guidelines on gender identity, the University of Alberta has recently made some headway in the sex and gender department. The U of A has added a third option to their application forms in addition to male and female, which is, “another gender/prefer not to disclose.” This change was propelled by the student union that further hopes to implement more gender-neutral restrooms on campus, among other movements. The student union states that the importance of this is to create a supportive and inclusive environment for all its students.
With files from The Huffington Post U of T library acquires archive of chinese menus [TORONTO] – Chicken chop suey? Crab chow don? Goo-lo yuk? Deciding on which Chinese dishes to order is tough, but the University of Toronto can help. The U of T’s Scarborough campus has recently obtained the world’s largest collection of Chinese menus, dating as far back as 1896. This collection features 10,000 items and is meant to help the U of T library is not merely for searching up interesting dishes, but to investigate the relationship between food culture and the immigrant experience.
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On Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m., Dr. Elicia Maine will deliver a lecture entitled “Turning Invention into Innovation: Strategies for Scientist-Entrepreneurs”. The lecture on commercialization strategies for scientist-entrepreneurs, focusing in on a Canadian landscape. Maine earned her PhD in technology management from Cambridge and is currently an associate professor at Beedie’s School of Business.
OPINIONS
February 22, 2016
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I don’t remember what I did when I first watched the trailer for the new Harry Potter film spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but I do recall my excitement. So why am I so bummed for the new Harry Potter book that’s also to be released this year? Perhaps it’s the fact the Fantastic Beasts spinoff is only situated in the wizarding world, and is bereft of the boy wizard himself? The book series belonged to Harry; it followed him through his school life, transforming from the child-like wonder of the first novel to the dark, edgy nature later in the series.
Now imagine my surprise when Scholastic Canada confirmed that it’s publishing a script-book version of the upcoming play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. After researching the play, I noticed several things that bothered me. First, the play will be published in two parts. This decision only reinforces the idea that revenue plays a large part in the creation of the latest addition to the Potter world. ‘But Josh!’ I hear the cries. ‘They need two parts to fit all the story in!’ Fine, that’s a possibility. But the play features a Harry Potter who is “an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children,” according to the official website. The Harry Potter series captivated me when I was young because of how wondrous the world was. As a child, Harry grew up in a non-magical environment, just like
me. Hearing the fantastic explanations of how specific magic worked and what different incantations did, it was interesting to experience all of the crazy magical shenanigans alongside Harry. But now, we have a worldweary Potter, overworked by his job, and once again he is thrown
into the adventure. I may be a little naïve about this, but my interest in hearing about Harry’s life, now that it has become too much like my own, is waning. His story concluded in the seventh novel, and now his character seems left to enjoy the mundanely magical, but hopefully happy ending. I
don’t think I can handle two separate plays about this! It is all for nought, evidently. J.K. Rowling did the unthinkable and resurrected Harry from the literary grave of happy endings. And what’s more, Jack Thorne, who based it on Rowling’s story, is writing the actual play. This means the play isn’t even J.K. Rowling’s original work. While some people may feel that I’m being too cynical about this, I stand by the notion that Harry’s tale has already been told. Bringing him back as an adult will simply ruin the timeless magic. No matter what I think, the magical world of Harry Potter will continue with this new tale of the boy wizard and his magical shenanigans. It’s only a matter of time before this new storyline potentially ruins the character’s classic conclusion.
In the last few months, there has been quite a bit of discussion on the prospect of introducing mandatory Indigenous studies courses into university curriculums in Canada, most recently at SFU and UBC. The pressure to make this addition comes from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, which calls for Canada to take further action to assist with reconciliation. The University of Winnipeg and Lakehead University have already made an Indigenous Studies course a part of their graduation
requirements, and other Canadian universities are expected to follow. The more educated an individual is on an issue, the more they can do to engage with current events and help push the agenda in the right direction. Aboriginal people in Canada have been systematically discriminated against since our country’s founding (and let’s admit: we still discriminate against them). We need better education about the dark parts of Canada’s history and a better approach to combat the chronic ignorance around Indigenous issues in this country. It shouldn’t be a controversial issue whether or not to make this requirement happen, but it should certainly be done in the right way. In my first year of university, I took two elective courses: First Nations Literature and Anthropology of BC First Nations. While I chose
the courses out of personal interest and in no way needed for them for my degree, they undoubtedly have influenced the way I engage with the news and cultural events. While I am likely an exception to take these courses outside of my faculty and requirements for graduation, I do believe there are ways to implement a mandatory credit that will roll smoothly into students’ course plans and benefit them the same way my electives did for me. To properly implement Indigenous education during post-secondary it is important to make the required courses valuable to each faculty. It is more valuable if the course is directly related to what students are studying in their degrees. Students are more willing to integrate knowledge into their thinking and their lives if it is relevant to what they want to study.
Each faculty has particular WQB courses that involve that faculty’s studies; this means science students will take a writing course on academic science writing and a business student will take an academic business writing course. Each faculty could have options for mandatory Indigenous Studies courses, like UBC’s course about Aboriginal rights and treaties for their law students. It is easy to see how the same approach could be used for business, criminology, and health science students. Some Canadian universities are even offering courses in First Nations languages. Other complaints about this kind of course requirement like to label it a cash grab for universities. As a student, I can see where this is coming from, but we already pay $400-plus for our breadth social science electives;
there is no reason why an Indigenous Studies elective cannot be combined with one of the preexisting requirements, killing two birds with one stone and keeping the tuition costs the same. The point of breadth requirements in a degree is to make students well-rounded and knowledgeable graduates, and hopefully make them overall better citizens. Learning about Canada’s history from another perspective that is more intellectually challenging than grade 11 social studies will help students become more open-minded people. Our new Prime Minister is looking for ways to advance Canadian reconciliation; I think finding the right way to implement a mandatory Indigenous Studies credit is our moral obligation, and could very well be a step in the right direction.
I’ve dreamt of moving out of my parent’s house since my first year of university. Three long years have passed, and I am now finally leaving to my new home. It’s a good location, good price, good roommates — everything I was patiently waiting for. Finally, I’ll have my very own space, no parents to tell me to clean my room, to do the dishes, and to stop eating all the cookies.
I’ll get to decorate my apartment however I want. Buy the food I actually want to eat. Put actual content on the TV I want to watch. I’ll be no longer living in the isolated suburbs, but in the happening city. Unrestrained by distance, I’ll be able to walk to the grocery store, bike to school, and reasonably transit to work. Amazing. I will finally feel like an actual adult, with complete freedom.
Yes, complete freedom — at the cost of over half my pay cheque each month, and the safety net of coddling parents. The fear of making the right choice, of having to choose which of my belongings will make it to the new home, and the fear of just plain real responsibility. After paying the safety deposit, everything finally felt real, and it fucking terrified me.
This is pure fear that only continuing to binge-watch The Wire can absolve. All I can do to calm myself is to repeat: “You’ve wanted this for so long. It’s a good place. And you’ve already paid your money, so there’s no backing out now!” Let’s just hope that the fear subsides once I move in the first of March — wish me luck!
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Conversations with my grandfather’s generation
I always thought that the ‘swinging Sixties’ was in relation to swing dancing. As it turns out, I was pretty far off. The 1960s began to relax many taboo aspects of society like racism and sexism. But running alongside these new and free ideas of love and peace, new romantic and sexual practices arose. The term ‘swinging,’ or ‘wife-swapping’ in the 1950s, became a rising alternative to the mainstream monogamous relationships of yore. In today’s society, the term ‘polyamory’ is used to describe the relationship that many people share, sometimes two people in a ‘primary’ unit. In this case, both of these people may disclose to their primaries any dates and sexual relations with other partners, setting mutually agreed upon terms and boundaries so as to prevent jealousy and infidelity. People in this type of polyamorous relationship, then, can take part in meaningful relations outside of their primary without having to break up with their primary partner with whom they have built a solid relationship. Upon sharing this newfound knowledge with my grandpa, he just laughed and said to me, “Well, we didn’t call it the Swinging Sixties for nothing.” My grandpa was a very traditional kind of guy. It was monogamy or nothing, fidelity over everything. My grandparents loved each other and remained in a monogamous relationship despite the new wave of alternatives. And for myself, I’m not going to argue with it, because the idea of polyamory is something I can’t see myself subscribing to. Call me a conservative, but I like the idea of one love. I’m not going to tell my man to cut off all ties with the women
he calls friends, nor will I stop being friends with guys that I’ve known for a long time. But this is where trust and communication comes in — something that I would find confusing in a polyamorous relationship. Our grandparents’ generation made it pretty clear-cut. You either were in a monogamous relationship, or you were out experimenting in secret. But once the taboo was lifted, ‘swinging’ turned to polyamory, a growing trend. With the rise of these new arrangements, research and interest in them reached an all-time high in the 1970s, making it somewhat ‘normal.’ My grandparents, content with the monogamous relationship they had, did not jump on the polyamory bandwagon, which most likely influenced the choices that my parents made. This, in turn, has a deep impact on my relationships and how I go about them. However, with more and more millennials viewing monogamy as just one possible option, it has also begun to raise questions within me. My grandpa had his questions about polyamory: “Are they unhappy and underwhelmed? Because usually those kinds of things can either be worked out, or end in divorce.” And being unhappy and underwhelmed is exactly what many polyamorous couples avoid. As an article in Rolling Stone states, some people in these relationships try to have “one long-standing relationship” while also having a “willingness to openly acknowledge that the long standing relationship might not meet each partner’s needs for all the time.” As explained in an MTV video about Tran and Caleb — a polyamorous couple living in Brooklyn — the ‘itch’ is usually seen in monogamous relationships as the signal to say goodbye. But for Tran and Caleb, it was a sign that they needed to shake things up. So, Grandpa, it looks like we agree on something. Whether you’re committed to your one true love or are committed and still ready to mingle, it seems that neither of our generations have the answer. But then again, love is love. Who are we to judge?
Recently, How To Get Away With Murder came back with its midseason premiere. It’s everything you’d expect from another great Shonda Rhimes production, including trademark gay characters. The series has quickly made a reputation for being a highadrenaline legal drama with killer cliffhangers that all started with the questions, “Who killed Sam?” then, “Who shot Annalise?” But the real question that needs answering, and the one on the stand today, ladies and gentlemen is, “Are stereotypes in gay characters ever going to end?’ Our first piece of evidence comes from one of the earlier episodes of the series: law student Connor Walsh sits in the courtroom on “Humpr” (a fictionalized version of gay hook-up app “Grindr”). From that moment, we’ve learned that Connor is quite the player. And though he has grown a lot from the first season, he was nonetheless first introduced as promiscuous, sassy, and narcissistic — very stereotypical traits upon which to build a gay male character. Connor isn’t the only character to have being gay as a dominant
facet to who they are. I’m sure you all can think of some off the top of your head, like Will and Jack from Will and Grace, or pretty much any character from Glee. It’s increasingly frustrating to see writers use a character’s homosexuality as a gimmick to simply create a more ‘complex’ character. And this is not to say that sexuality is not complex, but when it’s the sole facet that dominates a character, what more do they have to offer a storyline other than periodic sassy, comedic relief?
There are other ways to make a character interesting besides revealing they have sex with someone else of the same gender. Creating characters devoid of a truly fresh perspective makes them incredibly one-dimensional. When people only base characters off of already insidiously established stereotypes, then there isn’t really much flexing of creative muscles, is there? Ladies and gentlemen, I now present to you a solution. Characters should be created as people first. Because, if you
start off with knowing someone’s sexual orientation, then it already implants a plethora of pre-conceived notions of what they might be like. Wouldn’t it be nice to see a law student drowning in student loans, struggling to keep up with his classes, who just happens to be falling out of love with his boyfriend for once? I argue that we need characters that are people who just happen to be gay, not gay characters. Unless the premise of the show is to centrally focus on shedding light on issues only the LGBTQ+ community experiences, a characer’s sexuality should not be their dominant trait. Take, for example, HBO’s Looking — a series that walks you through the lives of very different gay men. And as a gay man, I think it’s appropriate to say that in this case, basing storylines off of the characters’ sexual orientation is important, as one of the results has been to educate people on LGBTQ+ communities. It’s 2016 and we’re seeing progress; however, much more needs to be written into characters so that this discussion need not happen again. As a writer who just happens to be gay, I plead this case to you: give us more just representation of LGBTQ+ characters.
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It was a fateful Monday morning, only the third day of reading break — a week notorious for giving in to all your procrastination temptations — when I pressed the “uninstall” button. “Are you sure you want to delete Chitter?” prompted my phone screen, giving me one last opportunity to stop myself. I thought it over one last time, but only for a second, before I sighed, pressed “yes,” and watched the light blue ribbon twirl away, erasing the squirrel from my phone.
So what was it that finally drove me to uninstall the app that had proven so reliable in all those awkward moments — sitting alone during a lull in lecture or waiting in the doctor’s office? I have to applaud the makers of Chitter: their app is the holy grail of technological diversions for college students. Chitter provides selective anonymity — perfect not only for those who need to vent or ask for advice in a safe environment, but also those who want to make their responses publicly known — peer validation, a sense of connection with the SFU student body, a never-ending stream of novelty, and even a chance at romantic connection (hello, ‘Chinder’). And while some may scoff at the idea of a social media app actually creating real-life connections, it seems Chitter has been at least somewhat successful in actually doing so. The ‘Chitter fam’ denotes the new friendship between over a hundred diverse individuals from SFU thanks to the application; and yes, it has even brought together new couples. Additionally, the majority of the posts and comments I myself read on
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the app were incredibly positive and encouraging. What led me to uninstall this brilliantly-executed app wasn’t what it couldn’t do, but rather what it was doing too much of. Chitter was simply too addictive, too effective at passing time, too thorough in its aim. The app quickly integrated itself into my nighttime routine. Right as it seemed that I was ready to call it a night, I’d tap on the little blue box and, before I’d know it, I’d have squirreled away (pun intended) over half an hour just scrolling through the feed. The never-ending posts, comments, and memes were like a stream of consciousness that hinted at no time boundaries or feelings of satiation. Save for a few original or thoughtprovoking outliers, each post was as mildly entertaining as the last, allowing me to take in one after another without any need to leave the screen for a pause. And then I picked up the disturbing habit of scrolling through Chitter as I watched television. It was only a few short years ago all my elders were warning me about the brain-to-goo transformation that watching too much television would have on me. And now I had started craving even more distraction just to follow the plot of a television show, conveniently provided by the neat, blue squirrel. I found myself on the edge of a whole new level of reduced attention span. What made me reject Chitter as a consumer was clearly not dissatisfaction with the product itself. The app is beautifully designed to capture the hearts, imaginations, funny bones, and tiny attention spans of our student body. Rather, what made me uninstall Chitter was me shying away from this new level of technological immersion. For today at least, I think I’ll force myself to pay attention to a television plot, thirty minutes at a time, and risk rejection as I let someone know I like them without any protective shroud of anonymity.
The puppy mill industry is predicated on treating puppies like commodities, instead of living beings who deserve respect. With the high demand for certain breeds, dogs are treated with much more concern about profit than their well-being. As a result, terrible living conditions and health problems arise. Since puppy mills are focused entirely on quantity over quality, they have little concern for the health of the breed, or the breed’s genetics. Consequently we are left with abused, sick dogs prone to several health conditions — from heart disease and parasites to lung problems. In addition to physical health problems, the emotional trauma these dogs face is just as problematic. Separated from their mothers and siblings at a young age, dogs can become anxiety-ridden and scarred. All
of this puts the idea of a cute puppy waiting for a proper home into question. What puppy mills deliver are frightened, stressed, disease-plagued dogs desperate for a way out. Thankfully, the BC SPCA is stepping in with a proactive idea for a regulatory legislation of this industry. This will require breeders to follow exact standards for their treatment and living conditions of the dogs in their care. However, reputable breeders are not the problem. Under-the-radar puppy mills are the problem. Currently, BC SPCA is only permitted by law to step in when there has been an outside complaint about unethical breeding on a specific puppy mill site. Then, and only then, are they able to obtain a warrant. Although this process has its merits, it does nothing to protect the majority of dogs being bred in puppy mills, and fails to set up a safe living situation for these animals. If the BC SPCA’s new legislation passes, the organization will have the right to step in before the abuse begins, and require the breeders to adhere to stricter ethical standards. It will also allow for the SPCA to
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recommend criminal charges against abusive breeders, which seems more than fitting seeing as their actions clearly fit the bill. According to the ASPCA, “responsible breeders would never sell a puppy through a pet store,” because responsible breeders screen potential buyers and ensure that the puppies go to good homes. There is a chance that if you are purchasing from a pet store, you are buying a puppy originally from a puppy mill, and are directly supporting cruelty and suffering. On top of that, the cruelty is entirely unnecessary when there are beautiful dogs at shelters all over the province just waiting to be loved. Many pet store chains have become more aware of the issues with puppy mills, and have taken to sponsoring dogs and cats from local shelters. This, too, is a huge step forward. Adopting is not only the more ethical alternative to pet stores and breeders, it’s also more affordable and just as rewarding. The fact of the matter is, if you are looking to come home with a new four-legged best friend, don’t buy — adopt!
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The Wallflower is a cozy nook on Main Street that has been open since January 2009, boasting comfort food and nostalgia for carnivores and vegans alike. They offer a delectable breakfast until 4 p.m. every day, as well as an extensive lunch and dinner that is accessible through late hours. I would say the menu was 40 percent vegan friendly and 60 percent carnivore-oriented, a pretty up-and-coming change developed thanks to customer feedback. Although most of the food offered at The Wallflower is quite simple and recognizable, they have put their own spin on traditional dishes and introduced new creative choices as well. Two of these more innovative dishes include a “vegan Thai tofu wrap” that consists of tofu, lettuce, sprouts, cilantro, carrots, peppers, vermicelli, and coconut curry sauce; and the Zomato famous “lightning fries” made from fries, chilli, jalapenos, tomato, olives, vegan cheesy sauce, and salsa. As they were still serving breakfast food when my friends and I got there, I was able to order bumbleberry waffles at 2 p.m.
in the afternoon. That’s right, friends — if a chewy waffle with warm mixed berries in syrup and the whipped cream on top in the middle of the afternoon sounds good to you, this is your spot. My two friends both ordered burgers (porto burger and canuck burger) and were more than satisfied with these, but they found the dryness and blandness of the fries they chose for their sides disappointing. I regret to say that our first dining experience at The Wallflower was not very pleasant in terms of customer service. We walked in during Saturday brunch hours where every table was taken up and we had to wait a few minutes for a table to be cleaned and set for us. During this wait, we got kicked out of the store and into the rain because there ‘wasn’t enough room’ for us to stand indoors for 10 minutes. This is understandable in a way, because there isn’t enough walking room in the place to start off with, but it was still an unpleasant feeling to be kicked outside as a customer. Our waiter was curt and did not come by enough to fill up our empty water glasses or ask if the food was alright. I also ordered a tea which I didn’t receive; I stayed quiet about it until they brought over the bill, showing they had charged me for the tea I never got. The Wallflower has an innovative yet traditional menu, mediocre customer service, and an ambiance that is comfy and homey, but doesn’t meet the statement on their website: “A place where you can relax in the corner with a good book, catch up with friends, or meet new people in the neighbourhood.” Maybe I simply came at the wrong time, but the ambiance was overshadowed by the busyness and I would not have stayed to read a book nor meet new people.
EXO is a Korean/Chinese boy band who began stealing teenaged girls’ hearts four years ago, in 2012. The group consists of nine members: Xiumin, Suho, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, D.O, Kai, Sehun, Chen, and Lay, each with their individual charm and strength, which has contributed to the group’s astounding success worldwide. Since their debut, they’ve only grown in popularity, with tours across Asia and North America, making history as the first K-pop group to be featured in the Canadian Hot 100 as well as the first group from their entertainment company — SM Entertainment — to hold a concert on Canadian soil. The fact that they came to Vancouver for their EXO From EXOPLANET #2 — The EXO’luXion tour was a big surprise for a lot of K-pop fans, since Vancouver has often been snubbed by SM entertainment as a tour destination until now. Me and my fellow K-pop fanatics rejoiced and eagerly bought tickets, which were fairly pricey but also well worth it. EXO opened with “Overdose,” “History,” and “MAMA,” all classics from their earlier EPs, which definitely hit everyone in the
stadium with a wave of nostalgia. Spirits were high, and my normally calm demeanor turned into a screaming machine for a good 10 minutes. However, the setlist after that was a bit odd. It was a mixed bag of songs from their Christmas EP, their Japanese album, and their biggest hits, with a tear-jerking bittersweet video, a group striptease, and an EDM DJ set from Chanyeol, all in a matter of three hours. Albeit out-of-season, “Miracles in December,” featuring D.O., Chen, and Baekhyun, was enchanting. Chen is, in my opinion, the best singer of the group, however midway through the concert his voice became noticeably more nasally, and D.O., who is also a phenomenal vocalist, missed some high notes, likely due to illness.
Regardless, they all have velvety, incredible voices, and it was surreal to hear them live. Other notable tracks from that night were “Playboy,” “Call Me Baby,” “Love Me Right,” and “Unfair” — the last of which has been on repeat on my phone ever since the concert ended. K-pop groups must be able to sing and dance simultaneously, and I will always applaud them for being able to achieve both without collapsing — not to mention the jetlag and K-pop’s notorious
reputation for overworking their idols — but I’m going to be honest, EXO isn’t famous for their dancing ability. They do have a few phenomenal dancers like Sehun and Kai, but the rest of the group felt somewhat uncoordinated. To be fair, this may have been because the UBC Thunderbird Arena could not accommodate EXO’s usual extended stage, thus creating significant changes in choreography. EXO really kept the energy going strong; Xiumin with his lighthearted dance breaks, Chanyeol with his charismatic hair-tousling, and adorable attempts at speaking English from Suho, the crowd went wild. Though some people in the mosh-pit got a little too wild, perhaps from scrambling over each other in excitement, or getting too close to the stage pyrotechnics, a few minor injuries affected the mood, but the boys managed to pull through and encouraged safety with their “One step back!” chant. One thing I admire most about them is how much they care for their fans, and this concert was a prime example of that. They consistently showed concern for their fans’ safety with speeches that would melt anyone’s heart. EXO’s first stage in Vancouver will hopefully not be their last, and despite the many mishaps surrounding the event, EXO managed to pull off an amazing, memorable show which will go down in K-pop history.
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At first listen, St. Lucia seems like a band trying to recapture the synthpop stylings of the ’80s. But after about 10 seconds, this proves to be anything but accurate. This is how Jean-Philip Grobler — the creative force behind the band — wants it to be. While Grobler admits the group has 1980s synthpop influence, this genre is not his main inspiration from the period. “[It] was a decade where there was this feeling of there being no rules on the kinds of music you could make,” he told The Peak. “And it doesn’t feel like authors were necessarily restraining themselves or holding back. I like to make music that I feel is not limiting myself.” Grobler’s ethos is made clear throughout the band’s latest release, Matter. “There are a lot of real instruments, obviously there’s a lot of synthesizers, and a lot of layering; and that approach comes from the ’80s.” But that is not the only inspiration that goes into creating their sound. Grobler, having grown up in Apartheid South Africa, has a different musical background to draw upon when creating music.
“When I was growing up, we didn’t have a lot of variety in the music that was making it into South Africa; we basically were getting the poppiest of pop from all over the world, because anything kind of subversive would kind of be banned by the Apartheid government,” Grobler said. He grew up without a negative view of pop, he says: “I just loved pop music, I loved alternative music, and I loved a lot of different things.
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“I also went to this boys’ choir school and going there, we did a lot of African music. I think that influenced me in a lot of ways, definitely rhythmically in a lot of ways, harmonically in a lot of different ways. “That’s why the music that I make embodies a lot of those different things: embodies pop music but also embodies experimental nonlinear song formats.” Matter fully embraces these two genres that Grobler describes. The album has the synth-heavy sound that is often associated with ’80s pop music, but this sound is filled out with African influences, creating something that is unique to pop music today. While this mix of influences is where his sonic inspiration comes
from, Grobler doesn’t go into writing a song or album with a specific influence in mind. “As I am writing, different stuff is inspiring me,” he says. This ability to allow the writing process to unfold lets the St. Lucia sound grow. “For the first record, we were pigeonholed into like this electro-pop, tropical [sound]. People just called us this tropical pop band.” While he didn’t necessarily want to get away from that label, Grobler felt “that’s not all that we are. There’s more to us than just being a happy tropical pop thing.” For Grobler, the song that captures this departure from this sound is “Rescue Me.” The song didn’t have that tropical, happy feeling, Grobler says: “it feels a little more epic.” The song is true to the St. Lucia sound, but has a feel that is different from their first album When the Night. It is a bigger sound that embraces the major chords and strong rhythms of African
music that, as Grobler notes, serve as inspiration for their sound. Matter still captures the essence of St. Lucia, but shows an evolved sound. Overall, the album is strong; it captures the highly danceable and singable pop sound, but grounds it with a singer-songwriter background.
The sonic profile that is associated with St. Lucia didn’t come about until Grobler moved to Brooklyn. It was living in Williamsburg and being exposed to the hipster culture that allowed him to focus on creating this sound.
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“When I first started St. Lucia, it was at a time around 2009–10 when people hadn’t come back around to pop music yet. Anything that was critically acclaimed was at least a little bit abrasive and alienating. Trying to make pop music, Grobler says, “just felt like I was hitting a creative brick wall. I think that, almost as a reaction to that approach, I started going back to the music that I grew up with [. . .] the hipster movement in Brooklyn influenced me to go against that; instead of trying to be cool, I would just allow influences [. . .] to come out.” This creative growth that Grobler underwent — and is still undergoing — has allowed St. Lucia to evolve from the “happy tropical pop thing” of When the Night to the bigger, sparser Matter.
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Fresh Off the Boat is a rarity for a television show. It focuses on a Chinese family, and was picked up and renewed by a major network: ABC. It is also based off of Chef Eddie Huang’s memoir of the same title. The show is centred on a Chinese family who move from the Chinatown area of Washington D.C. to suburban Orlando, Florida. The Huang family consists of father Louis, mother Jessica, son Eddie, his two little brothers Evan and Emery, and their wheelchair-bound grandmother. Since this is the only show of its kind on cable television, I wondered what kind of
starred an eleven year-old Chinese boy who loves hip-hop? The answer is never. Contrary to stereotypes, the mom Jessica cares about things other than grades. She is probably a three on the tiger-mom scale. She is completely okay with Eddie experimenting in the love department and tries but fails to give him emotional and relationship advice. I love that the writers didn’t introduce a token Chinese best friend for Jessica; that would have been boring and predictable. Her BFF is her exact opposite: a blonde woman named Honey who likes to jog and married an older man who has a teenage daughter who despises her step-mom. Evan is the youngest child in the Huang family, and although he is only eight, he manages to charm the neighbourhood ladies and conducts neighbourhood meetings. Meanwhile, Emery is a ladykiller and a genius. It’s hilarious to see a tenyear-old boy getting 150 percent
light it portrayed Chinese families in, and how heavily it played on stereotypes. Overall, the show portrays a pretty stereotypical family. Louis moves his family to a different city to follow his idea of the American dream. Jessica puts great emphasis on academics and always wants her children to be the best of the best. Eddie is the slacker child who tries to be cool and sometimes succeeds at it, while his younger brothers are child prodigies who can make a lightbulb work using nothing more than a can of soda and a glass contraption. The honorary old Chinese relative is the grandmother, who sits in front of the television all day, and leads a secret off-camera life that escapes the family’s attention. What prevents Fresh Off the Boat from being another forgettable cookie-cutter race sitcom are the refreshing quirks of each character. Ask yourselves: when was the last time a TV show
on a quiz and having a girl on each arm. My personal favourite character, however, is Louis. He positively portrayed and is so perfectly westernised that it’s magical. He opens a steakhouse called “Cattleman’s Ranch,” hires all white people, and speaks fluent English. He usually plays the “good cop” and is the chill parent who lets his kids go to sleepovers and play ball, instead of forcing them to do homework 24/7. He encourages them to do their own thing. His laid-back attitude perfectly checks his wife’s paranoia, overprotectiveness, and her constant need to micromanage. If I have yet to convince you to check out Fresh Off the Boat and follow the lives of a family of loveable misfits, then I haven’t done this show justice. I strongly urge you to watch this fantastic show, streaming on Shomi and airing on ABC.
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Elsewhere in SFU athletics. . .
February 4, 2016 is a night that will go down in the history of SFU Women’s Basketball. On that night against Northwest Nazarene, Elisa Homer set a GNAC record for most threepoint shots made in a single game with 12, breaking the previous record of nine that she tied just 18 days earlier. To put that feat into perspective, only two players in the history of the NBA have made 12 three pointers in a single game — Donyell Marshall in 2005, and Kobe Bryant in 2003. Not even Stephen Curry — widely regarded as the best shooter in the NBA right now — has hit that many in a single night. “I think I beat [Curry] actually,” Homer said laughing as I brought up this fact. “It was pretty cool,” she remarked on the historic night. “I guess coming off the game where I had nine three-pointers, I was stoked that I tied the record, but I knew that I had a couple looks that were that close, that could have gone in.” Following that, Homer knew she would eventually break that record. “Whether it was going to be 18 days later like it was, or in the years to come, I knew that was something that I was going to be able to [get]. “When we were in the game [on February 4th], I hit my first two threes, and then I think three of them, and I knew I was getting my looks, felt good about it, felt really smooth, and I was like ‘okay it’s a good day, it might be the day.’” Homer was also quick to point out her teammates’ role in her success. “Alisha [Roberts] actually made a comment in our halftime meeting [. . .] she was like, ‘okay, gameplan: give the ball to Homer, she’s hot.’ So everyone thought about it and was trying to give me my looks, which was awesome and super helpful.
“I kind of lost track of it in my mind, and then I guess I hit my 10th one to beat the record, and I look over at the bench, and [Head Coach Bruce] Langford and Jessica [Wallace], our assistant coach, and all the girls on the bench were standing up and screaming. [. . .] I hit two more after that, [and] they were stoked.
“As much as it was an accomplishment for me, it is for them, too. I got an assist on pretty much every three; everyone was a part of it.” While the record was of course amazing, it could not have come without hard work.
Homer spent hours and hours in the gym over the summer, perfecting her shot for the upcoming season. “This past summer, Langford actually challenged me to shoot a lot more than I had in prior summers,” she explained. “So we agreed for me to shoot 60,000. Just takes, not makes, but that’s still a pretty significant number. “It worked to about 2,500 per week, five days a week, 500 shots each day. It wasn’t all threes, but it was half or more each day. Other days it might be finishes around the hoop, definitely some mid-range jumpers [. . .] so all of that work is starting to show up. And definitely free throws. I’ve always been a pretty confident free throw shooter, so having that as fallback really helps.
“Some weeks I’d only be able to get three days so then I’d have to shoot more on those days, some weeks weren’t as much, some weeks I’d end up getting 3,000 or 3,500. It was a lot, a lot of shooting.” Homer is part of a deadly trio that has lead the Clan throughout the season. Along with her 17 points per game, which is the highest of any player in the GNAC, senior Alisha Roberts is averaging 11.6 points per game, and Ellen Kett’s 53.7 percent efficiency from behind the arc is the best in Division II, men’s or women’s. “I think the three of us together, it’s really tough for teams to guard three shooters,” said Homer. Our mindset is that if we have an open three, we’re going to take it. And especially with the team this year, [. . .] we know we can get the momentum going. Even when we’re down, we know that we can hit two or three quick threes right away and be back in the game. “We work together really well, we’re all super supportive of each other, we really enjoy getting each other open and setting each of us up. And I think the fact that none of us are really selfish, we all shoot within the offence, we all move the ball, we take so much pride in helping each other out and hitting all those threes.” So what advice does Homer have for those looking to perfect the art of the three-point shot? “Just a lot of reps, she answered. “Just always trying to focus on your form and getting good form every time. [Making sure] you’re balanced every time, making sure you get comfortable with just set shots first, and then trying to work up to shooting off the dribble, shooting off the move, and different footwork. But, definitely get the fundamentals and make sure your form is good.”
Is a hot dog a sandwich? “No,” she answered right away. Chalk it up as a win for Team Not A Sandwich.
Jessica Gibson and Andrew Woinoski have committed to the SFU swimming team. Gibson is ranked in the top ten in the 200 metre butterfly, and Woinoski’s speciality is the 1,500 metre freestyle.
Linebacker Jordan Herdman has been named to the NCAA Division II All-America Second Team. Herdman is the two time GNAC Defensive Player of the Year, and earlier in the year was named a finalist to the Cliff Harris Award, which is given to the best small college defensive player.
Mallory Velte won her first national title last weekend, defeating her opponent from Oklahoma City University to advance to the USA Olympic Trials in April. Abby Lloyd, Nicole Depa, and Payten Smith all earned silver medals.
Chantel Desch finished 12th in the 400 metre and Ella Brown finished eighth in the triple jump at the 2016 Husky Classic. Cameron Proceviat finished 20th in the 800 metre. Their next meet is the SPU Final Qualifier on February 27.
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Up 12 points at halftime, the men’s basketball team looked well on their way to their second Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) victory of the season Thursday night. The team made 48.3 percent of field goals against the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders, who had lost six straight. “We had a commanding halftime lead — should have been even more than that,” said Head Coach Virgil Hill, reflecting on a first half that saw SFU dominate, something that fans rarely see of the men’s team this year. Instead, the Clan got off to a horrific start to the second half, allowing the Crusaders to
eliminate a 12 point deficit and take the lead, all in the span of less than five minutes. In what seems to be a reoccurring theme, SFU couldn’t generate any offence, aside from free throws at the end of the game. Though the game remained relatively close until the end of the game, with SFU tied 60–60 with 4:32 left in the game, and down by only two until the 2:25 mark, SFU made only one field goal in the last 6:09 of the game — and that was
In their final home game of the season, the SFU Clan women’s basketball team survived a poor fourth quarter to defeat the MSU-Billings Yellowjackets 63–61. The Clan improved to 13–10 overall, and remain fourth place in the GNAC standings. The Clan was led by Australia native Ellen Kett, who had 19 points and six assists. Her running and distribution speed kept the Yellowjackets on their heels all game, and she had many dazzling spin moves that sent the crowd into a frenzy. However, this game was all about Alisha Roberts. This was the senior’s final home match, and she definitely rose to the occasion. Her strong clutch three’s and strong
overall play in the first half of the game helped the Clan take a 34–26 lead going into the halftime break. The second half started off with SFU going on a 8–0 run, and with their 16 point lead it appeared that this match was going to turn into a blowout. However, MSU-Billings showed why they were the third ranked GNAC squad: they slowly but steadily clawed themselves back into the game. The fourth quarter was a disaster for the Clan, as they got thoroughly outplayed on both offense and defense. With 3:54 left in the game, the Yellowjackets took a 59–58 lead, and officially erased the 16-point deficit. SFU rallied, though, and tied it up at 61 apiece with 2:12 left. Then, an ending worthy of a Hollywood movie took place. Alisha Roberts had the rock for the last play of the game, and with 0.5 seconds on the clock she was fouled on her way to the rim. The fate of the match was in the hands of the senior, as she had a chance to win the game from the free throw line. “I was definitely nervous, my hands were shaking,” said Roberts
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Oshea Gairey (top) and Michael Harper (bottom) were the two leading scorers for SFU on the night. a meaningless layup scored with 3.1 seconds left, when the Crusaders had already guaranteed their victory. SFU was outscored 51–30 in the second half. After a remarkable field goal percentage in the first, in the second, they made only 28.1 percent of shots — well below SFU’s average 41.2 percent. After a commanding 12 point lead, SFU fell by 12, losing 77–65. “It’s sort of like the same thing again and again,” said Hill.
”Our inability to defend and increase our level of intensity got us in the second half. We did a good job defensively in the first half, but they beat us 51–30 in the second half. We couldn’t score. We couldn’t finish baskets, we couldn’t finish plays.” Particularly painful were the missed chances, especially after a five point run which saw SFU tie up the game 58–58, with the last two points and second last field goal being scored by Graham Smith. “We had a chance to go up there, we missed two layups, and that’s four points we don’t get in the moment,” said Hill. “We’ve got to move the ball, we go too slow — we don’t move the ball. It stays in one guy’s hand too long.” Gibran Sewani was one of the highlights of the game, putting up 11 points, including an impressive slam dunk, as well as several impressive attempts, including an alley-oop that fell just short due to the blocking prowess of the Crusaders. Freshman Oshea Gairey led the team with 20 points, while
senior Michael Harper put up three three-pointers and 16 points. Junior JJ Pankratz made several key plays in the first, and had 10 points. The loss on the court, however, wasn’t the only loss the team faced. Junior transfer Max Barkeley, who had led the team in points per game with 14.9, and had second-most minutes played in the game previous, is no longer on the roster. He parted ways with the team after self-described “differences” with coach Hill. “With only one year left I want to pursue my degree and final year of my collegiate career with the best chance to win games and compete,” said Barkeley, who was not on the roster for Thursday’s game. “I do want to wish the guys nothing but the best because this is the first team I’ve ever been on where I can truly say I like every teammate a lot. I’m rooting for them and wish the coaching staff all the best as well,” he explained. “Not the right fit and both myself and the program have plenty of work to do.”
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9–22 (40.9%) after the game, “but you know, that’s the shot I take every single day in practice, my dad always tells me free throws win games, so when I stepped up to the line I knew that I was going to make those shots, I just had confidence in myself.” She sunk both, and her final two shots at the West Gym lifted the Clan to a 63–61 victory. When asked what she was going to miss the most about her team and SFU after the
season ends, Roberts answered, “the community. We’re not only teammates, but we are friends off the court. We spend so much time together, it’s going to be tough not having that next year. And the SFU community, the people who come out for our games every week, turning out in the stands, it’s so fantastic to have that, and the kids who come and watch our games, it’s just awesome.”
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Love may have been in the air, but it certainly wasn’t on the ice when SFU played host to Trinity Western last Saturday. The Valentine’s Day game was the third one straight against the local rivals, and a total of 74 penalty minutes were recorded between the two teams. The vast majority of these were for scrums after the whistle. Oh, and there were goals as well. After Trinity Western took a 1–0 lead on a two-on-one break with Brandon Tidy on the powerplay, Brendan Lamont scored for SFU to take the lead, before Russell of Trinity Western scored in the third to tie it
RAHEED RAHIM (MF) Previous school: Cariboo Hill Secondary “Raheed is extremely quick, technically very gifted, creative, does a lot of good things, has lots of good habits. A lot of people will look at Raheed and write him off based on his size [5’7”]. I don’t believe in that, it’s about their ability. Raheed plays with a chip on his shoulder, he’s not afraid of physical play, and he’ll succeed in our environment because he’s a winner.”
up. The game needed a shootout to decide things, where Lamont scored the only goal, giving SFU both the 3–2 win and the two points in the standings. “I think Tom Spencer said it well. Anytime you play three games in a row against the same team, regular season wise, it’s going to get chippy,” said Head Coach Mark Coletta afterwards. “[When] it’s a regular season game, three in a row, you’re going to get that.” The Clan are going through a bit of an injury crisis at the moment. Jordan Liem, Jesse Mysiorek, Jesse Williamson, and Jared Babych were all out of tonight’s contest. Despite that, SFU has gotten solid contributions from players such as Dustin Cave, who have come in and done a great job filling in for players. It raises the question of whether the injured players will get their spot back after they are back to full fitness.
LUCAS MCILVEEN (DF) Previous school: Dr. Charles Best Secondary “He never looks out of place physically. Good enough pace, very good one-on-one defender, reads the game really well, has good ‘football IQ,’ as we would say, and his technical ability as a centre back is really good, his passing, his technique, etc. Again, a winner, plays for a very good club in the VMSL, wins lots of games there, and it’s no coincidence that he starts a lot of those games.” KRISTIAN YLI-HIETANEN (FW) Previous school: Capilano University “I truly believe that he has the ability to step in right away. Now that’s gonna be up to him, but when we brought him up from Pacwest we brought him in because we thought he was going to play. He’s athletic, he simplifies the game as a number nine, he’s excellent in the air, and he can finish. We’re looking for a guy who can finish chances, and he can finish chances.” ERIK MORDEN (DF/MF) Previous school: Dr. Charles Best Secondary “Super athletic and very, very fast. Plays rugby sevens, so physically he is not afraid of contact whatsoever. [. . .] Excellent
“I like the [idea] that you don’t lose your spot because of an injury,” explained Coach Coletta. “If they’re healthy enough, and they’re fit enough, they’re going to jump right back into where we think they serve the team the best.” Goaltender Lyndon Stanwood, who was named first star after a 42-save performance, was the surprise starter on the night. He was the game day choice after Jordan Liem was not able to play due to an illness. “Yeah, I felt good,” said Stanwood. “I think I’ve struggled a bit throughout the beginning of the year, haven’t been getting the bounces I want, but I played a lot better today, saw the puck, kept them out of the net, and got the win.” After the win, Stanwood and teammates celebrated very emphatically, more than the usual business-like approach that has become a part of the team.
player, gives us versatility, can play on either side, has a right foot and a left foot. He usually plays left back or left wing for his team, sometimes he plays as a forward too. I would be really surprised if he doesn’t give us minutes this coming year, but it’s up to him.”
Said Stanwood, “they were giving it back to our team so I thought I’d just overexpress my emotions on how happy I was. I didn’t even think about it, I just did it. It was pretty fun.” SFU sits in first place in the league, two points up on Selkirk College. The rest of the season will be about keeping hold of that first place to ensure home
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ice advantage, as the Clan has already clinched a playoff spot. “One hundred percent, home ice advantage is huge,” explained Coletta. “When you can play two out of three at our own rink, especially how we play at home with our team speed, it’s a benefit for us and it’s our goal. We’re only thinking that way right now, to get first place.”
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SFU men’s soccer coach Clint Schneider was busy in the offseason looking for new players to help bolster an already strong Clan-squad. Five promising high schoolers and an established college forward signed for SFU, and Coach Schneider sat down with The Peak to hear his views on the new talent making its way up the mountain.
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AIDAN BAIN (GK) Previous School: Terry Fox Secondary “Aidan has all the tools, big, strong, athletic, extremely driven, very good academically, big hands, which you need for a goalkeeper, reads the game really, technically he’s there. He is as ready to play right away as any other goalkeeper we’ve brought in. [. . .] Will it be tough? Absolutely. It’ll be up to him, just like for any other player we have on the team. But he definitely has the ability to do it.” STEFAN CUK (DF/MF) Previous School: Burnaby Central “He’s versatile, he can play multiple positions. [. . .] Very, very good technically, really good understanding of the game, good athlete, still growing into his body. Tremendous upside, high character, and lives in Burnaby so he’s a guy that’s just down the hill for us. He really has the ability to start for us, but it’s up to him.”
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LEAP DAY
WAYNE’S WORLD
Every four years, February gets an extra day. These years are known as leap years and these days, leap days. There are all sorts of traditions, folklore, and superstitions building up since the day was introduced by Julius Caesar over 2000 years ago. One of these includes women proposing to men. Similarly, leap day has been know as “Bachelors’ Day” and a man is expected to pay a penalty if he refuses a marriage proposal from a woman. Weird.
Party time, excellent! Head to Broadway and Commercial for a fun night of drinking and watching this ‘90s cult classic, based on an SNL skit. It features good Canadian kid Mike Myers! Dress up in a filmrelated costume and get in for $6 instead of $8. 19+ only, so bring ID. 11:00 p.m. — 1:00 a.m., The Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, Vancouver
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SFU SPRING SWAP
MOVEABLE 15
BOWIE TRIBUTE NIGHT
Want to look snazzy this semester? On a budget? No problem! Come out and join in on the swapping festivities. Items will be $2 each (50% off if you brought clothing to swap). 10:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m., MBC Forum Chambers (under Higer Grounds), SFU Burnaby
Moveable 15 is an evening of dances choreographed and performed by students in the School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU. All work is original and has been developed over the course of the 2015-16 school year. Tickets $5 for students ($15 for others). 8:00 p.m., Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Studio D, 149 West Hastings St., Vancouver
A tribute to Bowie featuring an amazing collection of independent rock, punk, and roots musicians. Vancouver’s musicians say goodbye to an artist who inspired them all. 100% of the proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society and Keep a Child Alive. Tickets: $10. 7:00 p.m., Rickshaw Theatre, 254 East Hastings St., Vancouver
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LECTURE SERIES ON ABORIGINAL ISSUES Dragons and Tricksters: An Intersection of Chinese and First Nations Culture, Philosophy, and Leadership presented by William G. Lindsay, Director, Office for Aboriginal Peoples, SFU. Admission is free, no registration required. 7:00 p.m., SFU Woodward’s, 149 West Hastings St., Vancouver
PUSHA T WITH LIL BIBBY AND G HERBO — DARKEST BEFORE DAWN TOUR In advance of Friday’s release of the highly anticipated album, Pusha T will be playing an all ages show. Check it out. 7:00 p.m., The Vogue Theatre, 918 Granville St., Vancouver
TIER 3 | RHA SPRING FORMAL The Residence Hall Association presents the red carpet spring formal! Get tickets from your RHA representatives and at the tables around residence. Be sure to bring your student ID with you when purchasing a ticket. Casino! Free food! Live DJ! Wear your finest semiformal to formal clothes. 8:00 p.m. — 12:00 a.m., Diamond Alumni Centre, SFU Burnaby
Wednesdays @ 12:30 p.m., The Peak offices, MBC 2900
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST STUDENTS CLUB MEETING Come join the socialists. Fridays @ 12:30 p.m., WMC 2260
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This is a column dedicated for questions for SFU directors to dispel fears regarding the new school government. Have an SFU question? Send it to copy@the-peak.ca!
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Meet and discuss your love of journalism with fellow college students from across North America.
Get knockout drunk with your new journalism friends and show them your best impression of a turtle on its back.
After attending the hours of seminars, explore the beautiful city of LA.
Get lost in a city you’re not familiar with when you decide to drunkenly wander off and pet a stray golden retriever puppy.
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Attend seminars with riveting tips and advice to further your career in journalism.
Sleep-in during morning seminars to recover from your soul-crushing hangover and flip cup defeat.
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Share everything you’ve learned with your news team.
Struggle to remember anything that happened on your trip as you nurse yet another hangover.
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Time traveller from the future tells men’s basketball team to “hang in there” [BURNABY CAMPUS] – With rumors spreading that this may be the final season of the SFU men’s basketball team, a man from the future has come to deliver some cheerful news. The man reports that, “the team will continue to stay below .500 for a few more seasons, but once the Trump presidency causes America to descend into another civil war, there will be no teams left to play against in the NCAA II division, therefore allowing SFU to win the championship by default.”
Sometimes things are just too damn funny. Email: humour @the-peak.ca
Gashapon dispensers coming soon to SFU [SURREY CAMPUS] – The marketing department at SFU has decided to release a line of gashapon capsule toys. Instead of toy figurines based on cartoon characters, though the general public will be able to collect members of the SFU community. The miniature figurines will range from the cleaning staff all the way up the president of the school, Andrew Petter. However, we have been told that the probability of acquiring a non-cleaning staff gachapon is low enough that cleaning staff may end up cleaning up discarded cleaning staff figurines.
SFU launches brand new program exploring the potential of “power posing” [VANCOUVER CAMPUS] – Recent research by Amy Cuddy on the power of body language has spurred mental health researchers at SFU to create a graduate program focusing on the medicinal powers of “power posing.” This program will look into the discovery of new poses, figure out the most efficient and useful poses, and explore the efficacy of combining several poses into a combo. Undergraduates who must engage in research participation as part of their coursework can now look forward spending hours being contorted into various positions by overeager graduate students.
Hi there, What is the new SFU government going to do about international student fees? I know people who are seriously paying about $10,000 per year — this is ridiculous! This would bankrupt my family if we had to pay the same. Also, why do Egyptian students receive free tuition if they sign up for that one engineering course? And what is the reasoning behind the new pyramid structure surrounding the observatory? Kim Bousa To Kim, Thank you for your letter. We at SFU administration would like to reassure you that there is nothing shady or unusual going on at SFU. I understand that money concerns you, and many SFU students. Money must be attained through working in Canadian society. Many say that students cannot find jobs after graduation. I show sympathy for you. Concerning SFU’s new Egyptian engineering students, is the league of the undead bothering you? I’ve seen them be nothing but polite to students. Their selfless determination will ensure SFU Burnaby’s infrastructure is secure and will last for one hundred millenia. They are fed. Their drive is something we can all learn from, Kim. You are concerned about money, and SFU can help. We can never have too many engineering interns. Join this internship and we will waive all your student fees and promise you lifelong work. The role takes guts, a heart, and a lifetime of devotion to Ra. Kim, I would like to give you an amulet. Mine protects me from financial burden, and this one can protect you, as well. I don’t have much more time. I have many things to show you. I would like to meet you, Kim. Ra be with you, Nesperennub, SFU Engineering Department head
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